Off the Wagon - New Nano

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Myka

My personal thoughts...bad idea. Too much bioload when it gets bigger, and even though they have weird habits, I think a 16" tank is just kinda mean. Personally, I think most fish do better with stimuli...like other fish in the tank. They tend to be more active and eat better. For that reason, I would choose several small fish to put in that tank instead. What about a pair of Griessinger Gobies, and maybe a few Panda Gobies if you think you can get them eating...? Or a trio Threadfin Cardinals instead of the Pandas? Cardinals might eat the Griessinger's.

To be honest at this point I've already talked myself into it
I'm not worried too much about bio-load, I do have over 10 gallons of volume with enough bio-media for a tank much larger, plus I do weekly changes of close to 40%. If I do find its too cramped for him I can always find him a new home and try something else. I just want something different, gobies just seem too ordinary for me even if they are more rare. The eel is also low maintenance which is key for me.

[Polscot]

appreciate the info bro, i went out today and bought a fluval 105, didnt wanna waste the money on a 305, should do the same thing, my tank is already running lol so this might be a little trickier but ill prolly be asking you more lol, you drilled the bottom of the filter? so that drains into a sump/refigium, then what did u do for the return? its the single line in the middle of the acrylic i assume. do you have another pump in the "sump" or did u utalise the filter some how...

i got a question lemmie know what you think, can you not just seperate the 2 sections from eachother (silicone or something) and drill 2 holes in the bottom, so it drains down one straight into the sump, then the side with the impeller sucks water back up from the sump into the tank through the media filter stuff........essentially using the filter as a overflow and pump all in one.......

[paddyob]

I have to say.... one of the nicest nanos I have seen in a long time!

Those Edge tanks have a great look!

Any new update pics?

[Joe Reefer]

I would stock with super small fish. ie. barnacle blennys, broadstripe cleaner gobys, yashia, red banded highfin, tailspot blenny.... the list goes on. or maybe a dracula/pistol combo. Thats my 2cents. Nice setup btw.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by sphelps

To be honest at this point I've already talked myself into it
I'm not worried too much about bio-load, I do have over 10 gallons of volume with enough bio-media for a tank much larger, plus I do weekly changes of close to 40%. If I do find its too cramped for him I can always find him a new home and try something else. I just want something different, gobies just seem too ordinary for me even if they are more rare. The eel is also low maintenance which is key for me.

No point in asking then?

If you want something different, why not pick out the something different, and plan a tank around that?

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Myka

No point in asking then?

If you want something different, why not pick out the something different, and plan a tank around that?

True but I posted the question and didn't get responses until the next day and by that time I had slept on it, done my own research and thought it through. It's not that I don't value peoples opinions otherwise I wouldn't ask but at the end of the day I still get the final say and I didn't get anyone talking from personal experience that it was a bad idea. I've kept this type of eel before and my experience tells me that they prefer confined spaces.

As for starting backwards, I agree it would be a better approach and a more typical one for me by nature but not for this particular build. I wanted the edge and I'm not in a situation right now that would have allowed be to build my own with more reasonable dimensions. However as time goes on I may be able to build a new tank with the same design and larger dimensions to replace this one so all hope isn't lost. This is actually a plan that remains in the back of my head and why I over sized the stand.

[claymax]

are the six leds enough or do you wish you ha put in more, are you just using one driver, if so does the colour come out the way you like, or do wish you had more control over the colour blend

[sphelps]

For what it is it works great. 6 LEDs seems to be plenty for the soft and lps corals I currently have so I wouldn't add more and the 50/50 color seems to produce fairly good results. Adding more LEDs in the same area would make a better distribution as there are obvious spots in the tank that are more blue or more white but realistically it's perfect as is for what I wanted. Yes I use one driver and I wouldn't bother with adding additional drivers or dimable ones for more control with only 6 LEDs. For bigger tanks I would definitely use multiple dimable drivers for better control and features.

[claymax]

what kind of pump are you using for a return? do you get lots of flow with that setup?

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by claymax

what kind of pump are you using for a return? do you get lots of flow with that setup?

I use a maxijet 1200 throttled back a bit so it's pretty low flow. Probably only pushing around 50GPH if that.